Passenger car



. sept. 2, 1930.

J. MALONE PASSENGER CAR vFiled Feb. 1, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet l www ATToe/VEY J. MALO'NE PASSENGER CAR Sept. 2, 1930.

Filed Feb. 4, 1929 2 Sheets-S1196?t 2 that form partfof, the same( i orcu't across Patented Sept;y 22.1,191`Nlv Y Y f VJOHN MALo'Nn or y:Lonen11u11.; .'QuEBEejoANAnA i l invention relatesfto va I passenger can as1 :described `in thev present specification -and illustrated inf5 The'f inventionconsists' 'essentially of onstructionv pointed out f novelffeatures `.of c A broadly` and spei'callyfinthe claims for l noveltyffollovving l@ Y senger cars, particularly those carsused on -.electric railways andA other transportation 15 vehiciesin payand Subrbanaaac, ,aaa

both' in loading thereby avoid overcrowding; n

also m'ateriall'yi and :unloading the cars,` and fassistt tramway companies y in collecting fthehv fares as Welles insuring'the'greatestof com-V rv-V fort for the passengers; yto.maintain.asteady .Y flow of trafIic inf large cities at rush hours.,-

` softhat the otherV vehicular traffic is not un# necessarily delayed; l'to facilitate the'handling? of f electrically driven vehicles 'by one man, soft-hat in addition'to operating, thejc'arj e dily attend to the collectionof fares and the makingof changeand kat the hev can rea of thesituation regardf Sametime beinaster e Y Y cc'upants'; to introduce ntipasseflser, @are a Oneway System, .thus

. keeping the movementjof the lfpassengersjf always in acircuitflongfor shorti'thatfisto jsay, to the full extern,V of the length'fof thejcar.

s ling trance of dvantage and-to furnish'seats for aisle passengers'to construct a car. having these advantages 1n a simple and eco;- normcal manner.; and generally to provide an Y efficient, durable and comfortable carfor pas- A sengers ata moderate co both as to its productionand' sty to the transporta-y tion companies, as to'itsmaintenance'ongthe road.y A

` S111 thedravvings, Figure 1 is asidepelevational view of the car'showingV entrance v "50 and/exit doors 1n their open positions the .accompanying Vdravvin'gszdescription containingy anexplanation in detailof an acceptable 510 form of the' invention. *gg

- .s The objects ofrtheinventionare tof faci'li-V tatejtheadmissionf-to and the exit from 'pas- 'thefcan* f Figure 3 lis 2 ear Vs lnewng vthe seatingA and ystanding'accom- Odationanfdtheone `Way passages.;v Figuredllf :is i 'aj" gross sectional lviev;r `on the 'lineil-toffFigureQL' Y Eieurfsafr@ aislepseat 'f '1 Figure" Across sectional vi'evvfon the sectionalfvievv aaplan ofthe'interifor of the s 7iss/@almacenanView ofthe j f. 1 ,{Thisfpassengerca'riison theplani-offpay y thetramway?lines,'jtliere the vsame trouble' Yofthe do orway, jand'it doesnot appear as iin'tle pay as you enter cars,acrowding .u that anyonehas combined the pay as you leaveprincipletvith-the ffone Way directionl. -f

plamgan'd this inventionfr'esides in the means 'taken to introduce this system and the varivvxjv'orliing eut ofthe plans.Vr "':Refer'ring'tothe draw :ofthecar isshown as having transverse rows ,j cf'seats,indicated-bythe numeral 1 5,

'llndr as: many' as'maybe' foundfdesirable, and fefaehseatV is "hinged to turn :up individually f to ifajcilitat'e"thefpassagepf la passenger' ,55"

through 'thefseatsythatvisjto say, presuming ous'constructional details included in the ings, theffloorplan l v sn Each'rofw oomprisesjthreefseats 16;` l17 and v thereare one ortwoA seatsin-a romand azthird tofthe exit aisle' 20, 'thenithe two persons inthe seatlwill standupfto make roomfor'the [thirdpersonto pass.

The several sets o rows 'areranged`along forfthe greaterpart of the lengt'hofthe car, the lastroW terminating :inffront'of a rear seat.21,`y which 'extends around the sidesrandv back of the car, leaving vra rotunda i221 or standing place i to facilitate the passage Lof persons Varound theback' of fthe'exitfaisle {and "also to'leavesome free' Wishes to pass yfronrthe lentrance aisle l f" seats comprisingfthe` "thexniiddl'efseatsffrom theL entrance aisle to 2f? l standin gestion vin the car.

The front row of middle seats is ad]aeent i( entrance door 27 and the exit door 28.

gy room and generally to relieve conto the guard rail23 and isconnected to this guard raill on the entrance side by the fend rail 24, .these tworailsbeing supported by posts, to form a barrier, not readily passable.

lThe guardY rail i23begins at the post 254, which is in front of andin line Withthe inner end of the front row of middle seats,

` close themotorman. Vofthe car, who yin vthis casev 'is also ythe conductor.

The `doors 27 and 28 areso hinged atl32land respectively, and maybe soarranged if desiredjas to cause thedoor 27 to openjinwardly andthe door28, that is tosay, the exit door i i vto open outwardly, but; this is `not essential,

i. in ktraincars will be found. quite suitable so as theregular folding ,doors as at presentused y long as they areunderthecontrol of the rmotorinan; `V, i

5 The aisle seats 34 are .preferably flush with the wall as there is'verylittle roointo spare andit is @better that these aisle seatsshould shutrightinto the vwall Vwhen they are closed as tobe almost concealed i 7 "These aisle seatspreferably taper outward# ly so asto leave room for ythelegs whenvpassengers preferto stand to allow others to pass them, so lby having these seats the passenger can stand up close tothe wall, and thusafvford plenty,` of passagev room for the other person. g VYhile the car is vinmotion and while no one is passing instead of hanging on t'o-a strap or to arod the passenger can comfortlone.

ably sitv down without discommoding any- These seats 34`are'hingedat'l85 in therey cesses' andreach 'seat carries a kstrutf37 in loop form, this-strut at itsvupper end being 'A 'Siidatiy arranged in a bracirsshaving the locking notch` 39 atthe outer end lof an arcuate slot 40,the said looped form of strut 37 swinging from the eye 4l formed by the strap o 42 rigidlysecured tothe wall of the car in each recess 36,0ne leg of theloop'being offset i 1 at 43 and insertedin said eye 4l, vwhile the other'leg -of the'loop y extends downwardly beyond the eye and is offset at 44 to form a l'stop against-*the wallof the car, thus each seat for closingl down or liftingup is-slightly raised to clear the strut of the notch 39 and once it is clear the seat may he readily pushed.v upwardly or allowed to ,drop so long as the strut has'fcleared the lcentre of the-arcuate slot 40,.' Y

This isa very simple arrangement for the `aisleseatsand,as they are veryiinportant to this construction the mechanism of operating `the saine must be proof against misunderstanding by the public.

ln the operation of this invention the passengers enter by the door 27, which is the rear door of the pair of doors at the vestibule end of the car. A

"'lhejpassenger' entering through the doorway, closed by the door 27 follows along the entrance aisle 19 and may find a seat in any one'of the middle rows of seats, or if they are full, the passenger' can continue on to the end -andi--geta seat at the rear, but if the car is lvery crowded, he can take any seat along the Vaisle,`these are ]ust short seats and arenot intended tol afford the saine comfort as the middle seats or the rear seat, but at the same time they provide very good seating-accommodation and save the passenger from being knocked about during the journey.y

There is only one direction for the passenger to move in, that is, whoever it may be, enters by the door 27 and the next object is to reach the exit door 28, of course if. thefpassenger is seated in lthe' vfront row of the iniddle seats, '-hen he is right at hand, still one direction, and yet it remains one direction if he carries on to the end of the carin the entrance aisle and crosses behind the middle seats to the exit aisle, it is always reaching the exit door by continuing in one way, this Way being across through any of the middle seats to the exit aisle or across behind lthe `middle seatstothe exit aisle.

The passengeifrom the exit aislecrosses v the car infront of the guard rail'23 and to the rear ofthe guard rail 29, these two guard rails vforming a discharge passage, indicated byrthe numeral 45, but the passenger cannot escape the motorman for this passage is of l, the requisite widthv to prevent crowding past yone another, besides the door is always within vthe Control of the motorman and he can control itat any time should aV passenger be unruly, and as a passenger leaves the car, a ticket is `dropped into the ticket receptacle 46 or a coin orother tokenfconstituting the fare.

The entrance aisle i9 and the discharge passage 45 are further safeguarded b the one way doors or barriers47 and 48, the door 47 being across the entrance aisle 19 adjacent to the door 27, opening vinwardly only, the door 48 being across the exitaisle from the guard rail 23 and opening outwardly vonly into the discharge vpassage 45, therefore it will be seen that there isfonly one way for the passengers tol move in entering or leavingthe car.

The passengers after they put their fare in are free to leave thecar by the door, indi-Iv cated by the eXitdoor 28, therefore there cannot by any crowding, as the passengers leaving the oar in no way interfere with the passengers entering the car, and because of, this the officers of the tramway company are much The emergency door49's installed towards .Y

and connecting "passages contributing to-j Wards Oneway. directions frornf aclJaoenten-A trance andexit openings, and'rowsfof confV '201 .tig'uous aisle seats' hinged tothe Wall andliavl facilitated minding and. lmQadipg-uie-irj cars, thus'keeping the traiofmoying, Y

i Y the rear of the'cargand vis intended'tooperr` only on vtlne applicationA of ,considerable Vforce i Y or be under the controlidf lthemtornian or chauleur` A, I y What Iclaim isz--lv r v l' fl. lIn a passenger car, seating arranged in thebodyto form entrance andexit'aisles y. and conneetingvpassages contributing towards; y 'j one way-directions ironrrfadja'cententrance .fand exitopenings ancljrov'vs ofoontigu'ous y aisle seats of tapering 'shape land recessed y fin thewalln theirfoldeglposition. Y ,A

j 2.111; YaQpassengjrer can'seating/arranged@ t in-the lbody to form entranceanol exit aisles f fr" ing loopedustrut supports automatically ad*- yyustable in slotted brackets attachefdto', the

and separating said openings and terminate,

ine' at Said 'exltgaisle and. afbranchvguara...

y lrl hailing from he aforesaid guard to the. ,e f'

bk 0f the front seat and barring the passage,

between said front-seat and the transverse guard rallto the entrance opening anda ve's- Y' tibuleguard rail extencling` across the carl Y from the forwarclsicleof the exit*openingand'n l Y 'E'o'rmingwith the aforesaicltransverseguard:

rail an egress lpassage beginningattheuexitv signed at Montreal, oanadmhis 3rd vday l 5 of Janu'ary,"1929. i r l: n i JOHNMALONai f s se 7 I 

